dinsdag 27 januari 2009

Hierarchy of needs

Project managers often neglect the fact that they have a thorough responsibility over the HR aspect of their projects as well. This means that "everything HR related" you simply cannot immediately delegate to other stakeholders. There are some concepts you need to be very well aware of. One of them is the "Maslow's hierarchy of needs". It can help you in understanding, when a stakeholder issues a certain concern, 'how deep' this concern really is touching the person or his or hear team.

You can find many interesting sources of info on the web, just google on "maslow hierarchy of needs". Essentially, it means that the basis of what drives us is 'physiological', then on top of that we have 'safety'. The top three levels in the 'pyramid' are 'love/belonging', 'esteem' and 'self-actualization'. The top levels need the support of the underlying levels, otherwise the pyramid...well...just isn't stable anymore.

If you're just starting to read about PM, start with The Triangle.

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